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God grant that I may never be a Dry Wit.
Let me be a Wet Wit!
Let me pour forth what mirth I have until I am utterly empty – a Nit Wit.
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From Tempest-Tost, first book of the Salterton Trilogy; my source: p.149 of the 1986 Penguin Books paperback
Davies argues (indirectly) that alcohol ain't all bad…